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When it comes time to build Stephen Walsh’s statue on the Dyke Road, the pose might well be based on the sensational bicycle kick he scored last Friday in Eamonn Deacy Park.

O'Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers is offering for sale No 8 Caislin, a large detached residence situated in the quiet cul-de-sac just off the Dyke Road in Galway city.

A 3-0 win away to Treaty United on Friday was just reward for a ruthlessly efficient performance from a Galway United side that continues to build momentum in its title push.

The stakes are high for Galway United when they host Waterford FC in a top-of-the-table tie tomorrow night in Eamonn Deacy Park (7.45pm).

A professional performance on a bumpy Cobh surface delivered a fifth win on the trot for Galway United as their early play-off push gathers momentum.

Pobal, peil agus paisean was recently adopted as a club motto by Galway United. It may have found its embodiment in newly appointed women’s first team manager Phil Trill.

Galway United entertain Athlone Town tomorrow night in Eamon Deacy Park (7.45pm) knowing their fate in the first division play-offs is virtually sealed. Less certain is the make up of their opponents.

This factory was situated in Newtownsmith in a tall building that later became part of the ESB complex. It was quite a big employer of the day in the city, employing mostly young girls and women.

According to O’Donovan’s Ordnance Survey Letters from 1839, “Suckine is now pronounced Suicín, which is, out of satirical humour frequently called Suicín na Mallacht, that is “Sickeen of the Imprecations or Curses”. It is written Sickeen Dyke in the Name Book and described as lying where the road from Galway to Menlo crosses the flooded land at Coolagh.”

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